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Liked It “Everyone makes grocery lists. They're humble items, useful until they're no longer necessary, abandoned in shopping carts, library books, or other random places. But gather them all together in a book and the grocery list becomes an intimate revelation of someone's daily life. The author's...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“The idea of this book sounded better to me than the actual book did when I got it. It is a bunch of grocery lists that the author has found or people have sent him. It is interesting to see how many different ways people found to spell banana or to try and figure out what people actually mean by some of the things they list (what are you shopping for when your list says ‘smelly stuff’ or ‘hookers’) but it can become monotonous after a while. I would suggest going slowly instead of going through the whole book in two days like I did because, no matter what they are written on, in the end they are just shopping lists and they all start to look the same. I understand that part of the point of reading the lists is to make fun of the people who wrote them. But there is a fine line between poking fun and being mean and I think the author sometimes crossed that line. Some of his comments are funny but after he called four people in a row losers because they spelled yogurt wrong on their own personal reference material it not only sounded mean, but was not even very clever or witty anymore. The fun food facts on the edges of the pages are very interesting and should not be skipped over. (Did you know that honey is the only human-consumable food that will never go bad, or that the banana plant is a gigantic herb?) I enjoyed the book but I think it would be better ingested slowly, a little at a time, a list here and a list there, instead of sitting down and reading it through.”
Becca wrote this review Monday, August 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Everyone makes grocery lists. They're humble items, useful until they're no longer necessary, abandoned in shopping carts, library books, or other random places. But gather them all together in a book and the grocery list becomes an intimate revelation of someone's daily life. The author's collection of found lists lays bare agonizing and amusing misspellings, hints of festive occasions, and implications of not entirely perfect lives. The author's snarky commentary for each list is hilarious!”
Salsabrarian wrote this review Friday, February 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loved this book. I am a voyeur by nature, so maybe that explains it. I found this funny, informative, queer, surprising, and entering. I loved this little nugget. I left it on my coffee table for the pleasure of others. I hope they find it as enjoyable as I did. I will now leave my grocery lists in the cart when I am done shopping. I hope I make it into book two!!!”
Book-Lubber wrote this review Friday, December 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wow, this is the most random and funniest book I've ever read! It is about a man who finds grocery lists and collects them. Then he sorts them and makes them into a collage of a book. It is so intriguing how much you can know about a person because of their grocery lists...!”
lisa p wrote this review Tuesday, September 16 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this is a cute book- i think its a coffee table book, a bunch of lists with commentary. some are funny; i think i was hoping for a few more funny ones, but its an interesting book to flip through.”
lindsayperkins wrote this review Monday, May 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“What an interesting peek into the mundane details of someone's life. The best part of this book is the author's witty and sarcastic comments on the grocery lists that he has found.”
Library "Anne" wrote this review Thursday, March 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hilarious! The lists as well as his commentary. I almost peed my pants.”
melissanelson wrote this review Tuesday, February 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“HILARIOUS... must read small print”
dandy lion wrote this review Saturday, September 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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